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What is the lifetime of an electron?

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The life of an isotope depends on whether it is stable or not. Stable isotopes do not decay and therefore, do not have an lifetime since they do not go away. Unstable isotopes decay at predictable rates. However, each unstable isotope decays at a its own rate. Therefore, the life of an unstable isotope depends on the isotope in question. Some isotopes have extremely short lifetimes (milliseconds) and other have extremely long lifetimes (billions of years).

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Electrons are believed to be fundamental particles which cannot decay into simpler particles. The lifetime of electrons is, in other words, though to be effectively forever.

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